Renewing the Promise: Girl Scouts 52nd National Convention

Every three years, GSUSA holds a national convention where
they transact business for the organization.Each council has a designated number of delegates for
the convention. For about two days, the delegations listen to the pros and cons
on business before the body.In between, there are a few speakers and the exhibitors' hall.At the last convention, that was
my favorite place because they had a live penguin in there.The fall product and cookie
bakers also had free food.So,
that was a good respite from the slow movement of the democratic process.In November, it is again time for this
convention.We have a
delegation from our council, voted on at the annual meeting in April.They will travel to Houston for
the convention.The host
council, Houston, assures us that this will be a once in a lifetime experience.

During the convention they will also have a girl leadership
institute.At the last
convention this happened ahead of the convention so those girls who were older
could actually be convention delegates.This time the girl leadership institute runs
concurrent with the convention.We have 10 spaces available for girls 13 and older to attend this
institute.The dates are
November 9-12.The cost is
around $1,000.We do have
some limited scholarship funds available.If you know of an older girl who would like to attend,
please contact me.

If you are interested in the proposed changes for the
convention, we will be posting those on our website and welcome your
comments.As convention
delegates, they should reflect the views of the membership of this
council.Comments are
forwarded on to our convention delegation.